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Ecofallow Reduces Stalk Rot in Grain Sorghum. Ben Doupnik, Jr., Associate Professor, University of Nebraska, Clay Center 68933; M. G. Boosalis(2), Gail Wicks(3), and Darryl Smika(4). (2)Professor of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 68503; (3)Associate Professor of Agronomy, University of Nebraska, North Platte 69101; (4)Research Soil Scientist, USDA, ARS, P.O. Box K, Akron, Colorado 80720, formerly North Platte, Nebraska. Phytopathology 65:1021-1022. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-65-1021.

Data obtained in 1972, 1973, and 1974 showed that ecofallow (reduced tillage) decreased the incidence of stalk rot in grain sorghum grown in a winter wheat-grain sorghum-fallow rotation. Stalk rot averaged 39% in the conventionally tilled plots, whereas, the incidence of stalk rot in the minimum- and nontilled plots averaged 23% and 11%, respectively.